Cipla secures USFDA’s approval for AIDS treatment drug nevirapine

Cipla, one of the world’s leading generic pharmaceutical companies in collaboration with Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) has received US Food and Drug Administration’s (USFDA) approval for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) treatment drug nevirapine. The drug is a generic version of German drug-maker Boehringer Ingelheim's Viramune tablets.

Recently, the company had announced that it is planning to launch the Fixed-Dose combination of ‘Artesunate (AS) 1 + Mefloquine (MQ) 2’ for the treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria. The combination of AS and MQ is proven to be a safe, rapid and reliably effective treatment for uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria and is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).